Update on Bethlehem's Food Scraps Composting Project:
We are proud to be the largest compost facility in the Capital Region, and the only municipal facility currently composting food scraps (as of April 2022)!
- We are working in partnership with the local private hauler FoodScraps360. They provide a subscription curbside hauling service to residents, schools and businesses in our community to pick up food scraps, and we have partnered to create "Full Circle" compost from blended food scraps and yard waste right in Town.
- In the near future, we hope to establish one or more “drop spots” where residents can drop off food scraps for composting. But we don’t have that option set up yet.
- In April 2022 we completed and launched the first of several “Aerated Static Pile” zones. This system uses perforated pipes and blower motors on a timer to force air into the base of the compost piles which greatly accelerates the compost process - often reducing our old method which took about 9 months down to about 90 days!